HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — The Oklahoma City Thunder evened their conference semifinals series with the Los Angeles Clippers at one game apiece on Wednesday.

Russell Westbrook recorded his third triple-double in his last five games, with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Kevin Durant added 32, 12 and nine, and OKC scored an efficient 112 points on 95 possessions (118 per 100). But the difference between Game 1 and Game 2 was on the other end of the floor.

So, the team that gets just enough stops — not giving up any 30-point quarters will do the trick — will be the one that wins games in this series. In Game 2, that was the Thunder.

The biggest difference in the Clippers’ numbers from Monday to Wednesday was their 3-point percentage. After shooting 15-for-29 (52 percent) from beyond the arc in Game 1, L.A. shot 9-for-27 (33 percent) in Game 2.

Did the Thunder defend the 3-point line better? Sort of, but they still didn’t defend it very well.

According to SportVU, the Thunder contested just 23.6 percent of their opponents’ jump shots in the regular season, the second-lowest rate in the league (higher than only that of New York). In the playoffs, that number is down to 20.4 percent.

The Thunder got away with it in the first round, with Memphis shooting just 33 percent from outside the paint. Grizzlies not named Mike Miller shot a brutal 17-for-78 (22 percent) from 3-point range.

If both KD and WB get hot in a game Clipper get no chances. Clipper can barely beat the Golden Sate Warrior!! How often do you see CP3 and Matt Barnes shoot three like in game one. I saw a lot of Clipper games and I haven’t seen one. Crawford can shoot the light out but not CP3 and Matt Barnes. Blake barely shoot because the other guys took all the shots already……

Stfu lmao. Do you even know basketball??? Gsw is one of the most talented teams in the nba with Steph and klay. OKC almost lost to Memphis. The only reason OKC win is because z-Bo was suspended. And cp3 is one of the best shooters in the game

Iz u dumb stupid and retaded CP3 has had the highest 3 point percentage in the NBA ever since he came back from the shoulder injury he’s shot like 53.6 percent u clearly don’t watch clippers basketball

Last game was strange to say the least for the Clippers. Blake hardly worked in the paint and I don’t think he even recorded a dunk. CP3 had two early fouls, and then the refs kept calling crazy offensive fouls just because Westbrook was trying to run though them. I honestly don’t see OKC beating the Clippers in this series unless the Clippers have two more bad games at home and I don’t think that will happen.

Funny how none of the clipper fans talk about all the no calls on CP3 after the two fouls. It was bad enough that the announcers were trying to justify the refs saying they were making up.for other calls. Game 1 okc got outplayed. Game 2 Lac got outplayed